Occupational exposures to bloodborne viruses among German dental professionals and students in a clinical setting

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-83

  Wicker, Sabine ^a   Rabenau, Holger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bloodborne viruses; Dental infection control; Needlestick injury; Occupational infections

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTIST; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DENTISTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STUDENTS, DENTAL; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77249157258     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-009-0452-3     Document Type: Article

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